Pail and paste brush stand



Jan. 31, 1961 J."r. KNIGHT PAIL AND PASTE BRUSH STAND Filed Aug. 18, 1959 lNvAENToR JAMES T. KNIGHT @www ATTORNEY.

United States Patent O PAIL AND PASTE BRUSH STAND .lames T. Knight, 137 Reade St., Englewood, NJ.

Filed Aug. 18, 1959, Ser. No. 834,552

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-230) The present invention relates to a pail and paste brush stand, but more particularly to a stand which is attached to a table or the like for use by painters, decorators, and others, in supporting pails or buckets as well as a paste brush while at work in the respective trades.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a pail and paste brush stand which comprises bracket means for releasably securing the stand to the leg of a table or the like, and which is formed integrally to a support for a pail as well as a brush plate.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a pail and paste brush stand which comprises a bracket means for releasably securing the same to the leg of a table or the like, which forms integrally a pail support and which bracket means has an arm engaging the leg of the table or the like at a second point in order to maintain the pail support and the brush plate at substantially horizontal level.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective top view of the pail and paste brush stand in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the stand shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a section along the lines 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the bracket means.

Referring now to the drawing, the pail and paste brush stand comprises a U-shaped bracket member 1, the base portion of which has an inner thread 2 which receives a bolt 3 carrying an outer thread 4, so that upon turning the bolt 3 by means of a wing nut 5 which is non-rotatably secured to the outer end of the bolt 3, the latter may be moved into the open space of the U-shaped bracket member 1 and brought into engagement with the outer face of a leg 6 of a table or the like. One end of the leg portion of the U-shaped bracket member 1 extends integrally laterally to form a supporting bar 7 which is turned for about an angle of 90 and which forms short of its free end a cross-member 8. The end of the supporting bar 7 and the ends of the crossmember 8 have upwardly directed anges 9 in order to locate the bottom of a pail 10 which is supported by the supporting bar jointly with the cross-member 8.

A tray 11 is pivotally secured at the crossing point between the extension of the supporting bar 7 and the cross-member 8, preferably by means of a screw bolt 12. One end of the tray 11 is of half-circular configuration, while the remaining portion is of rectangular configuraltion and is equipped with an upwardly projecting ange 2,969,949 Patented Jan. 31, 1961 13. The half-circular portion is adapted to support jointly with the supporting bar 7 and the cross-member 8 a pail containing paint or the like, while the rectangular portion of the tray 11 is adapted to support a paint or paste brush 14.

In order to maintain the supporting bar 7 and, thereby, the tray 11 in substantial horizontal position, a supporting arm 15 projects downwardly, obliquely and integrally from the supporting bar 7 from a point spaced apart from the bracket member 1. The lower end of the supporting arm 15 is bent to a substantially horizontally disposed angular portion 16, the face of one arm of which engages the same leg or the like to which the bracket 1 has been secured at a point spaced apart downwardly from the bracket member 1. By such arrangement the pail 10 as well as the brush 14 are strongly and suciently supported in substantially horizontal position.

A latch-bar 17 is turnably mounted upon a pivot 18 secured to the supporting bar 7 and is adapted to close up the open end of the U-shaped bracket member in its operative position and may be turned upon its pivot 18 into an upward position, thereby permitting the moving of the U-shaped bracket member to encircle the leg 6 which is then disposed within the U-shaped bracket member 1. Upon lowering the latch bar 17, the leg 6 is retained in the bracket member 1, so that upon tightening the screw bolt 3 into engagement of its end face with said leg 6, the bracket member 1 is clamped to the leg 6. Upon engagement of the angular portion 16 of the supporting arm 15 with the same leg 6, the tray 11 is safely supported in substantially horizontal position.

Upon unscrewing the bolt 3 and lifting again the latchbar 17, the bracket member 1 can be easily removed from the leg 6.

While I have disclosed one embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood that this embodiment is given by example only and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claim.

I claim:

A pail and paste brush stand comprising a U-shaped bracket having a base portion and two leg portions and being adapted to be clamped to a leg member, a latchbar disposed at the open end of said bracket and pivotally mounted to open and close, respectively, the open end of said U-shaped bracket, a screw bolt threadedly inserted through said base portion of said U-shaped bracket in order to clamp said bracket to said leg member, a supporting bar extending laterally integrally from one of said leg portions of said U-shaped bracket, said supporting bar being adapted to support a tray in substantially horizontal position, and a supporting arm extending angularly downwardly and integrally from said supporting bar from a point laterally spaced apart from said bracket to a point substantially vertically below said bracket and for a length to maintain said supporting bar in substantially horizontal position, the lower end of said supporting arm being adapted to engage loosely said leg member.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,140,397 -Ribar May 25, 1915 1,184,246 Klein May 23, 1916 1,358,322 McIntosh Nov. 9, 1920 1,462,856 Hartman July 24, 1923 

